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France wants "information" on Russia school siege
Reuters ^ | 06 Sep 2004

Posted on 09/06/2004 1:14:14 PM PDT by Selene

PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - France has expressed solidarity with Russia but wants all "necessary information" about Moscow's handling of the Beslan school seizure, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Monday.

In comments similar to remarks by the European Union's Dutch presidency which triggered a diplomatic row with Moscow at the weekend, Raffarin said France constantly reminded Russia of the need to respect human rights.

Responding to a call from Socialist party leader Francois Hollande for French authorities to demand an "explanation" from Moscow, Raffarin said in a live debate on RTL radio: "We have already done so."

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TOPICS: Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: childmurderers; criminalrights; france; french; humanrights; islamofascism; islamonazism; murdererrights; ossetia; proterrorist; vichyfrance
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1 posted on 09/06/2004 1:14:15 PM PDT by Selene
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To: Selene

Sic'em Vlad...


2 posted on 09/06/2004 1:16:45 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Selene

Unbelievable. And whose "human rights" do the French care about? Most likely, the terrorists'. I would tell the pusillanimous girliemen French to piss off.


3 posted on 09/06/2004 1:17:08 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (You have entered a "No Girlie Men" zone. Thank you for not whining and sniveling.)
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To: Selene

One would think France is coming from a position of moral superiority.


4 posted on 09/06/2004 1:17:12 PM PDT by Tax Government (Promote democracy: help drive the democRat party to extinction.)
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To: Selene

Just ask the Dutch minister....


5 posted on 09/06/2004 1:17:20 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Selene
France has expressed solidarity with Russia but wants all "necessary information"

WTF? Where do they come off? The implication here is the Russians are somehow at fault when the better part of 1000 of their innocent citizens are massacred.

6 posted on 09/06/2004 1:17:58 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Beslan -- the true face of Islam.)
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To: Selene

Remember, these are the people the Democrats are worrying that we've alienated.


7 posted on 09/06/2004 1:17:59 PM PDT by HarryCaul
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To: Selene

Hey Froggies, keep up the appeasement. You'll get one of these in your back yard too, then you will have all information about this phenomenon really up close and personal.

Really, Putin should say "butt out" in the rudest Russian possible to the critics in any country whose people weren't themselves injured or killed in this ghastly terrorist attack.


8 posted on 09/06/2004 1:18:44 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Selene

France needs to mind its own business. They never cared about terrorism before. Is France concerned about the new alliance between Russia & Israel?


9 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:16 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Selene

Give'em the big ole' finger!!!, Putin!!!


10 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:19 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Tax Government

France should offer Russia 1000 pounds of their most fragrant cheese to drop on Chechnya. That should clear them out but good.


11 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:39 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Selene
"In comments similar to remarks by the European Union's Dutch presidency which triggered a diplomatic row with Moscow at the weekend, Raffarin said France constantly reminded Russia of the need to respect human rights."

In order to respect human rights, one must first be dealing with humans. There's no evidence that the barbaric terrorists in that school even approach a level of humanity deserving of rights.

12 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:48 PM PDT by meyer
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To: Selene

Shove it, France.


13 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:51 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: Selene

France and Holland wouhldn't recognize terrorist thuggery and wrong doing if it bit them in their you know whats, much less condemn or fight back against it.


14 posted on 09/06/2004 1:19:52 PM PDT by garyhope
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To: Selene

These politicians are sickening.


15 posted on 09/06/2004 1:20:21 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: Selene
Translation: Next time, check with the UN, Paris and the ACLU before you kill any terrorist. And be more sensitive...
16 posted on 09/06/2004 1:20:57 PM PDT by Drango (Kerry is french toast.)
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To: Selene
I am convinced. France is trying to alienate itself from the rest of the world.

I simply do not understand what business this is of the French, or why they believe they are the final word in morality, world politics, and international affairs. The frogs need an attitude adjustment, the quicker the better.

17 posted on 09/06/2004 1:21:33 PM PDT by SaveTheChief ("It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech." - Senator Zell Miller)
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You know, I kind of doubt that France has remotely in mind things like spotty oppressions of Christians, which unfortunately still happens in the otherwise great land of Russia. No, they are so afraid of anyone making the Mooselimb monster angry.


18 posted on 09/06/2004 1:22:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: SaveTheChief
The frogs need an attitude adjustment,

It'll happen in their back yard sooner or later. I don't see how the terrs can possibly resist the temptation.

19 posted on 09/06/2004 1:24:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Tax Government
One would think France is coming from a position of moral superiority.

LOL but surely one must assume one is wrong.

20 posted on 09/06/2004 1:25:10 PM PDT by DainBramage
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